Python Job Trends in Cheshire

Python
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 34 51
Rank change year-on-year -28 +17 -30
Permanent jobs citing Python 21 15 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.26% 3.56% 3.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.80% 15.63% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 21
10th Percentile £27,500 £38,806 -
25th Percentile £35,625 £48,306 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £51,653 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.90% -6.09% +0.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £61,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £75,550 £70,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
Cheshire

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 118 96 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 7.10% 22.80% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 108 79 340
10th Percentile £37,215 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -6.87%
75th Percentile £60,313 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,750 £87,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Python
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Cheshire over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Cheshire

Python
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington -19 6 £102,500 +112.19% 9
Macclesfield -4 5 £30,000 -7.69% 2
Knutsford - 5 £79,000 - 1
Chester - 3 £85,000 - 7
Crewe -14 1 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WordPress
2 1 (4.76%) OpenStack
2 1 (4.76%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) GCP
3 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
4 3 (14.29%) GitHub
4 3 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Run
6 1 (4.76%) Datadog
6 1 (4.76%) IaaS
6 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
2 2 (9.52%) Tableau
3 1 (4.76%) Data Mining
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) GIS
3 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) GitLab
2 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.76%) CircleCI
General
1 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (19.05%) Multimedia
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) Games
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Trainee
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning Scientist
3 3 (14.29%) Research Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Research Scientist
3 3 (14.29%) Trainee Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) Web Administrator
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Trainee Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Trainee Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) CSS
1 4 (19.05%) HTML
1 4 (19.05%) PyTorch
2 2 (9.52%) PySpark
2 2 (9.52%) React
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.76%) Django
3 1 (4.76%) DPDK
3 1 (4.76%) eBPF
3 1 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (4.76%) FastAPI
3 1 (4.76%) Keras
3 1 (4.76%) NETCONF
3 1 (4.76%) Node.js
3 1 (4.76%) RESTCONF
3 1 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (4.76%) TensorFlow
3 1 (4.76%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) NVMe
3 1 (4.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Machine Learning
2 6 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 5 (23.81%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) AI
4 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) Mathematics
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Web Development
5 3 (14.29%) Applied Mathematics
5 3 (14.29%) Benchmarking
5 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Physics
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.52%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) R
3 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.52%) C++
4 2 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (9.52%) Java
4 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) C
5 1 (4.76%) PHP
5 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) AWS Certification
2 4 (19.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 3 (14.29%) PhD
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) KVM
2 1 (4.76%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) Grafana
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Pega
3 1 (4.76%) SaltStack